BCH Lions ( mn, БИ СИ ЭЙЧ ЛИОНС) is a Mongolian professional

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club that competes in the

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. The current manager is Badarch Chin-Orgil.

History

BCH Lions was founded in 2018 as it broke away from Premier League club

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under the guidance of former Selenge Press coach Badarch Chin-Orgil. The following year, the team won the

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. As a result of its Amateur Cup title, the team competed in the inaugural season of the

Mongolia 2nd League The Mongolian Second League is the third tier competition of the football league system in Mongolia. The league was contested for the first time in 2019 and is controlled by the Mongolian Football Federation. Stadium Previously all Second Leagu ...

later in 2019. The season ended with the club earning the championship and promotion to the

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in 2020. At the end of the season, BCH Lions players were named the league's best defender (Sasaki Mizuho), goalkeeper (Nakane Hiroki), and midfielder (B. Itgel). During its first season in the

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, the club earned a third-straight championship and promotion. Lions striker Batkhüyag Munkh-Erdene won the Golden Boot that season with 32 goals and his

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goal against

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's ''Desporto ao Minuto''. The club competed in the

for the first time in

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. They avoided relegation in their first season, finishing in 8th position. First-year BCH striker

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won the league Golden Boot award as top goal scorer that season with seventeen goals and five assists in sixteen appearances.

Domestic history

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References

External links

Mongolian Football Federation profile

Official Facebook profileMyCujoo channel
{{Authority control 2018 establishments in Mongolia Association football clubs established in 2018 Football clubs in Ulaanbaatar